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Of the remaining 3 cases of this disease: 2 occurred
in the house of a medical man, who was attending several
cases at the time, and 1 derived the infection from
“rags”
There were four deaths from scarlet fever, giving a
case-mortality of 2.3 per cent., and a death-rate per annum
of .29 per thousand living.
Of the 84 cases which occurred in public institutions,
6 occurred in the Holborn Schools in Mitcham, 16 in the
Russell Hill School in Beddington, and 62 in the
Reedham Asylum in Coulsdon. There was 1 death in
the Reedham Asylum.
Diphtheria.—25 cases of this disease have occurred,
or nearly 1 case per 1,000 of population.
The cases were spread pretty equally over the several
months, and the numbers in each parish were as follows :
11 in Mitcham, 7 in Wallington, 4 in Sanderstead, 2 in
Merton, and 1 in Beddington. Twelve of the cases were
sporadic, or could not be traced satisfactorily. Two
cases in Mitcham were due, apparently, to an antecedent,
unrecognised sore throat; and 1 was infected in Croydon.
Three of the cases in Wallington may have been
connected with the grave sanitary defects found in their
dwellings, while 2 took the disease through nursing a
child suffering from it. One case from Merton was
infected and treated in London. There were sanitary
defects in connection with one case in Sanderstead ; and
one, who infected two others at home, was infected by a
playmate in a neighbouring parish.
There was one death from diphtheria, giving a case-